Chicago police get Segways, portable siren not included

If you perform an act of crime in Chicago, you better make sure you can run faster than 12.5 mph. Why? That’s the top speed of a Segway, and Chicago’s finest just got ‘em. Since the city only had $500,000 to spend on mobile crime prevention, RoboCop was clearly too costly. Instead, they opted for the i180 Police model Segway, which doubles the standard range by including two batteries. The boys and girls in blue will have enough juice to stand around for 24 miles, which ought to provide plenty of battery life for running down robbers with little effort.

Oh, and if you were curious who this fine fellow to the right is looking for, just click the jump. There’s a whole caravan of hoodlums on slower Segways and you might recognize their evil boss at the front of the pack.